Thursday, September 8, 2011

Rehoboth Beach, take 2

This week, Calvin is on vacation, so we are down in Delaware for another visit to the beach!  The weather forecast looked grim, but fortunately we had a couple of nice days before retreating north today.  We went to the beach right away when we arrived on Sunday, thinking it might be our only chance!

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Eli loved walking on the “mountain”, and Brian worked on some kind of wall/moat system that I don’t know the details about. 

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The wind was brisk, so we took the kite out for a spin after dinner.

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Eli got a turn too!

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Monday morning, still no storm!  So we were back at the beach where I got a picture before my camera batteries bit the dust. 

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The rain finally came, so Tuesday was a day to visit the library, walk around town (sans kids, who were at the library), and visit the Dogfish head brewery.  It was supposed to rain all week, but lo and behold, Wednesday morning was bright and sunny again, so off we went!

IMG_1774 Run, run!

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Playing with the beloved sand toys – the jeep and bulldozer. 

IMG_1803 Running to get water, dark clouds always on the horizon. 

IMG_1805 Fun with Papa in the water. 

IMG_1806 The guys working hard on a construction project. 

IMG_1820 Family picture!

In the afternoon we went to Cape Henlopen state park, where we visited the nature center, and Fort Miles, a WWII fort. 

IMG_1832 Petting a horseshoe crab

IMG_1836 Eli in a bunker (he is saying “cheese” rather unhappily). 

IMG_1840 Climbing on the enormous guns

DSC_0819 Oh, that smile!

DSC_0834 The end of a hike, with some tired kiddos.  And the end of our beach vacation, a good time was had by all!

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